"The Cloud"

"The Cloud"

I am sitting in a beautiful field of flowers 

of the most vivid colours you can ever imagine.

The colours pulsate.

The grass is neon green, soft, lush,

and vibrant.

The sky above is Azure blue

and goes on forever.

There are no clouds

on the horizon.

The sun is a golden ball

of Sunshine yellow.

The bumble-bee's hum

and butterflies flutter by

gently brushing my cheeks

with their wings.

I try in vain to catch them.

I  so happy.

I look up at the sky and I notice

in the far distance

there is a small

pale grey cloud

and it is slowly coming closer.

But I am still happy.

The sky is still Azure blue

but a little more pale now.

The sun is no longer

Sunshine yellow

and the flowers don't seem

so vivid.

But still

I am happy.

It's now a little cooler

and the pale grey cloud

comes closer.

The grass is not green anymore and the butterflies

have almost gone.

Nothing looks pretty anymore.

The bee's become agitated.

But still

I am happy.

The grey cloud

is now much darker

and hovers right above me.

The Azure blue sky

has turned

a scary purple colour

and the Sunshine yellow sun

has gone.

The wind buffets me

and threatens to tip me over.

I am feeling cold and a storm is coming.

The butterflies left long ago.

The rain comes

and my body is cold.

The cloud above me is now a violent black

and consumes me

and I can't stop the rain

from pouring down.

I am drowning in it.

I fall to my knee's 

as hail stones pelt my body.

My body aches.

I am cold, wet,

bruised and broken

as the black cloud consumes me.

And

I am not happy.

Written by me, Sunshine.  This was published in the Walsh Trust "Pulse" magazine in August 2014. Thanks for visiting, back soon with some cards!  {HUGS} from me to YOU:-)

Caught Cat-Napping Together!

I came home from shopping today and this is what I saw...Bella and Romeo sleeping together on the chair!  I was surprised because they NEVER do this!  Bella is "The Boss" and Romeo knows it!  She never lets him on the chair if she is sleeping there, he has to find another chair!  It was wet all day today (have I mentioned that I hate winter?!) and my guess is Bella had the chair first and once she was asleep Romeo sneaked in and lay down behind her without her noticing!  I would love to have seen it!  I threw a blanket over Bella but Romeo didn't want a blanket.  

As I said, we had yet another rainy day in Paradise...I will be SO happy when it starts to get warmer!

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Photo's From My Visit To The Auckland Domain

 I loved these lights outside the Museum!  There was several sets of them and I just had to take a photo of them!  

 This photo (above) is NOT out of focus, believe me! It's actually a photo of the reflection of some flowers in a pond!  It's different and I like it!  So much I took several shots!  It reminds me of a Monet water colour painting! 

 I have no idea what this flower/plant was but I liked it!  There were several of these dotted around the gardens.

 These purple and white flowers reminded me of my Nana.  She had them in her garden too.

Okay I just had to post another one of these reflection in a pond photo's!  I just like the effect even if does look a bit weird!  Weird is good and it's okay to be different!

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Auckland Domain

 This (top) photo is taken from the Auckland Domain outside the Museum.  It is looking towards Mt Victoria on the North Shore, then in the background is Rangitoto Island which is an exticnt volcano.  Auckland city is built on and around many extinct volcanoes.

 This photo is of one of the ponds by the Winter Gardens.  There is usually fish in the pond, but this day they had bee taken out to clean the pond.  Even though it is COLD here and he middle of winter, I was very tempted to dip my toes in the water!  I didn't but it was tempting...

  The apricot flowers were so pretty I had to take a close up of them! I love how there are a few pale yellow flowers her and there!

 These pink daisies were so bright and cheerful and there were masses of them.  I am sure the bumble bees must love them!

These "LOL'S" (Lovely Older Ladies!) were having their lunch on one of the park benches at the Domain gardens.  I tried to blend into the background and not let them know I was taking their photo..I think I succeeded!  They just looked so gorjuss sitting in the sun having their lunch.  Bet they've been BFF's all their lives! They were also feeding the many sparrows around.

"We're Out Of Cat Noms..!""...

 I had been taking things out of the pantry and putting them on the bench.  As I turned around to go back to the pantry, this is what (or who!) I saw!  He is looking for the cat noms I presume, unless he's going to cook me something?!  The cat noms is on the shelf above Romeo-Valentino and I dare say had I left him in there he would have managed to climb up to the next shelf and help him cheeky self!

Oh that innocent face...not!  Ever since the day I assembled the pantry he has been desperately trying to open the doors himself! He spent hours lying on his back the first day, trying to get the doors open.  He managed to open them partially but could not get them fully open.  Just as well!

There isn't much in my pantry right now as I am still stocking it with Gluten free food.  So far, although I am eating 100% gluten free, I am not enjoying it much!  I am still acquiring a taste for GF food!  Oh well, at least I am healthy and not getting sick like I was before I was diagnosed with Coeliac Disease.

Okay, hope you enjoyed your visit!  {HUGS} from me to YOU:-)

"Thank You"

I  made this thank you card to send to the nurses and staff who cared for me recently when I was in hospital.  They do an amazing job and I appreciate their help so much.

The photo is a bit darker than IRL, maybe because today is a very dark dull day weather wise! The card is also more sparkly than it shows here..arrgghh!  Darn these dark winter days!

The shape with the words and flowers is a Paper Smooches die which I really like.  It has "stitching" lines around the inside edges.  I sponged the edges of it with some pale blue chalk ink, and did the same around the white embossed piece of card. 

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Paws

I made these two cards this morning before going grocery shopping. The paw print is a Poppy Stamps die and it is actually a dog paw print!  I have a cat paw print die on it's way to me in a few days time.  But hey!  It looks okay to me!  It looks like the paw print is raised but it isn't.  I used sponge tape under the scallop circle under the cat face, and also under the white circle under "Newton" the dog!  I tied a piece of bakers twine around the dog bone.  Both the pink and the blue card are some pretty linen card I got recently.  It's a nice firm card and holds it's shape well.

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